Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-14

thought out of il. HIattempt to whistle
a new tune, it is always made up Of scraps
of old ones-it is q hash land 50 ! observe
il is with most tune writers Sermon,
Mans TtrO Natures.
One of the Mathers-Cotton Mather, l
think it was-had an almost ridiculous
way Of spiritualizing everything be saw.
When he was walking along the street, If
he saw a tall man, he would say, "May he
be tall in grscer' If he saw a short man,
he would say, MAY he be short In sln!'
F! There was something queer in the habit as
he carried il out, but in the idea Of giving
toevery common event . spiritual suggestion
there was nothing queer. 1t was pre-eml-
nently wiss.-LectHre Room Talks, "Redii-
cation Of Christian Presence"
Never gauge the duration Of your sleep
by the time any one else sleeps. Some
men will tell YOU that John Wesley had
only so much sleep; Hunter, the great
psychologist, so much, and Napoleon 50
much, but when the Lord made you as a
general thing he did not make Napoleons-
Every man carries within himself 3 Mount
Sinai, q revealed law written for himself
separately.-LeetEres on Preaching.
1t has been supposed that we sprang
from monkeys, and there has been an inqui-
sition to zee if there has not been a csudal
appendage rubbed OF. Nations have been
explored to find a man who has a tail as q
monkey has, or some traces Of one. You
are looking in the wrong place. Look in
side and you will find Resemblance to the
monkey, the lion the bear and the hog
all of them. Human nature is full Of the
animal Sermon, Var"
Do you suppose l study musty old books
when / want to preach? No, / study yOu.
When I want to know more about the doc
trine of depravity ! study you, and have
abundant illustrations on every side
Sermon, Sphere Of The Christian Minister"
1t always seemed to me that, however
mischieyous TO US was a months appetite,
it must be 3 very lean and melancholy
thing to him to eat dry cloth with nothing
to drink, growing fat upon rubbing and
washing il down with darkness Eyes aud
Ears.
When l was a boy nothing suited me so
well as to have my father whip Inc when
my clothes were on. Then / could beari il
with the most equanimity. 1t was when
be took Inc AZ advantages, in the morning,
before | was dressed, that did not like
whipping. Sermon, "The Conflicts Of Life"
Some Justify the obscurities of their
style, saying that il is a good practice for
men to he obliged TO dig for the ideas
which they get. But submit to yon that
working on Sunday is not proper for OIdi-
nary people in church, and obliging your
~parishioners TO dig and delye for ideasin
your sermons is making them do the very
work you are paid a salary TO do for them.
Lecture on Preaching.
An earthquake caanot take place in
India that is not felt here morally speak
ing. Ireland is as if within our national
bOrders-and the greater part OF it is
Baptist Union, after Dinner Speech.
We have in orr midst that exceedingly
high mountain 10 which Satan took Christ
and showed Him the smiling world be
meath. II is the daily newspaper.-Atter
Dinner Speech, Baptist Union.
Many Of you object to our wal because
it is war. Now, l must say that for an
Engishman to be opposed on principle to
war is a greater mark of sincerity and
frankneSs than anything | know Of. You
have two wars on hand now, and | hardly
know the time when you have not had one.
Speech an London.
Look at Herbert Spencer's God-it is
nothing. II is exactly what the annual Joke
Of our Professor Smell, in Amherst College,
was, when he said: Gentlemen, you will
perceive this invisible BALI ! do not re-
vile Herbert Spencer; many Of the stones
that will shine out by and by in the com
pleted temple OF God will have come from
his hands, but / think his writings should
be taken as the disciples took the wheat,
whic they ate, rubbing it in their hands,
Lectures on Preaching.
Old DR.. Champion lone of the predeces-
sOrs OF my fathers pulpit in Litchfeld,
Conn. J, in the latter part Of his ministry
thought he had sinned away the day of
grace and that be wa going to hell, and
he never showed himself 10 be much a
Christian as in the disposition which he
manifested at the time. If it was Gods
will that he should 90 there he was will
ing To 20. He did not know what he
should do in hell, till one day he solved
the question satisfactorily in his W
mind, aud said, II will open a prayer
meeting there He thought it would az
ford him some balm and consolation. |
do not think that man ever got there
Sermon, SIN against the Holy Ghost y
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